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billbarstad |
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October 10, 2010 05:08:35pm |
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Re: NOT OF THIS EARTH (1961) |
I watched my copy of the movie today, and it doesn't contain a copyright notice in the film, making it PD. My copy isn't very good, so if you've got a copy without notice go ahead and post it.
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guyzilla |
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October 10, 2010 09:00:08pm |
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Re: NOT OF THIS EARTH (1961) |
I'll get on it ASAP. I'll check for notices fore and aft on my copy and if I don't see any, it'll be here soon.
This post was modified by guyzilla on 2010-10-11 04:00:08
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cosmico |
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October 10, 2010 08:32:05pm |
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Re: NOT OF THIS EARTH (1961) |
I have an old tape that looks good, but I'll wait for the restored, remastered triple feature DVD release in a few months. Plus it'll have extras, commentaries, plus two more Corman sci-fi classics from the '50s at a bargain price.
And on that note, I'm outta here indefinitely.
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guyzilla |
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October 10, 2010 08:56:58pm |
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Re: NOT OF THIS EARTH (1961) |
I'll probably get that myself when it comes out, but I likely won't be able to put that up.
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billbarstad |
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March 19, 2011 01:32:33pm |
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Re: NOT OF THIS EARTH (1961) |
Bad news. While watching the Shout! Factory DVD copy of
Not of This Earth (1957), I saw that it had a notice in the film, COPYRIGHT MCMLVI ALLIED ARTISTS PICTURES CORPORATION. There's no restoration notice. So the copy you posted, though lacking a notice, is as a "derivative" copy not PD. It's similar to the situation I ran into with
Gog. My 2D copy had no notice, but the 3D copy did.
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guyzilla |
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March 25, 2011 09:20:02pm |
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Re: NOT OF THIS EARTH (1961) |
Well, then I guess I'd better see about taking it down then. It's one thing if a movie comes out with no notice, but it's another when some sly dog edits the notice out. Sharp eye, Bill. Thanks for pointing that out. Since it has finnally been made available ligitimately by Shout Factory, I'll have to get a copy myself.
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billbarstad |
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March 26, 2011 06:20:15am |
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Re: NOT OF THIS EARTH (1961) |
I think it's also likely that the copyright notice was left off of pre-release copies of the film for whatever reason. It would have been easy for copyright holders to stop theatrical release of an altered copy and sue the pants off of anyone who did remove the notice for that purpose, and I can't see why anyone would bother to alter a print of a film with such a small distribution.
Anyway, the Shout! Factory copy is great, as are their DVDs of
Attack of the Crab Monsters and War of the Satellites. I'm guessing that they were made from Corman's own prints.
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guyzilla |
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March 26, 2011 03:52:30pm |
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Re: NOT OF THIS EARTH (1961) |
Well, the copy I put up was from one of those outfits who advertise in the back of some of the genre mags, like FILMFAX or FANGORIA, mags like that. The price wasn't too outrageous so I thought I'd check them out quality wise, also it was a title I'd been looking for for a long time. I don't think Shout! Factory was even around at the time I got this. And they have ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS as well, eh? I'll have to check these guys out. Maybe someday soon they'll have HAND OF DEATH with John Agar available, which is another one I've been looking high and low for.
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cosmico |
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March 26, 2011 04:24:44pm |
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Re: NOT OF THIS EARTH (1961) |
I hear that. For years the only place to get rare b-movies were those one-man outfits, or from some friend-of-a-friend who had copies of stuff we haven't seen since we were kids watching creature features or chiller theater.
You can find the new Shout Factory triple feature DVD of Not of This Earth/Attack of the Crab Monsters/War of the Satellites on Amazon for under $15, and it comes with a ton of Corman film trailers and a nice tribute with interviews. And the movie prints are the best you're likely to see.
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guyzilla |
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March 26, 2011 06:41:41pm |
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Re: NOT OF THIS EARTH (1961) |
I'll look 'em up!
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cosmico |
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March 26, 2011 08:19:50am |
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Re: NOT OF THIS EARTH (1961) |
My favorite DVD release of the past few years (at least), and a must for anyone who loves fifties sci-fi b-movies, IMHO.
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cooperway4 |
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April 02, 2011 12:49:39pm |
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Re: NOT OF THIS EARTH (1961) |
The release date on this film is 10 February 1957 (USA). A copyright notice dated more than a year in advance of the release is invalid. Thanks for helping to get another public domain film removed from the Archives.
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billbarstad |
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April 02, 2011 03:08:30pm |
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Re: NOT OF THIS EARTH (1961) |
It's the date
in notice that's relevant, not the release date.
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